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Life eternalLife eternall
Life eternal or, A treatise of the knowledge of the divine essence and attributes Delivered in XVIII. sermons. By the late faithful and worthy minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston, D. in Divinity, chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty, master of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolns Inn.Life eternall or, A treatise of the knowledge of the divine essence and attributes Delivered in XVIII. sermons. By the late faithfull and worthy minister of Iesus Christ, Iohn Preston, D. in Divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to his Majestie, master of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolns Inne.
London: printed by Richard, 1631
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
EXODUS. 3.13.14, 15. 13 And Moses said unto GOD; behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them; The GOD of your Fathers hath sent me unto you, and they shall say unto me, What is his Name? what shall I say unto them? 14 And GOD said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM. And he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel; I AM hath sent me unto you. 15 And GOD said moreover unto Moses, ⟨p. 134⟩Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel; The LORD GOD of your Fathers, the GOD of Abraham, the GOD of Isaac, and the GOD of Jacob hath sent me unto you: this is my Name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
EXODVS. 3.13.14, 15. 13 And Moses said unto GOD; behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them; The GOD of your Fathers hath sent me unto you, and they shall say unto mee, What is his Name? what shall I say unto them? 14 And GOD said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM. And he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel; I AM hath sent me unto you. 15 And GOD said moreover unto Moses, ⟨p. 134⟩Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel; The LORD GOD of your Fathers, the GOD of Abraham, the GOD of Isaac, and the GOD of Iacob hath sent me unto you: this is my Name for ever, and this is my memoriall unto all generations.
Consider, whether your minds gather an holy magnanimity even from hence,1 that you have the Lord for your God: for, if he be most perfect, if he hath the fullness of all things in him; then if you have him, the mind is ready to grow to an holy kind of greatness; for it is the greatness of the object, that makes the mind great: and the greatness of the mind appears in this, that it doth not esteem small things. Animo magno nihil est magnum; When a man can, out of this consideration, that the LORD is my Sun, and shield, and exceeding great reward, contemn and reckon all things else as matters of small moment; it is an argument that he hath, in truth, apprehended God, as he ought to apprehend him. I say, this is true holy magnanimity: there is a false magnanimity; whereas mens minds are great, because they grow great with men, because of their great hopes, and riches, and great learning; this is a false greatness, because it draws men from God; it is such a greatness as